Ventilating wind-shield for motor-vehicles.



L. H. WEHRLE.

VENTILATING WIND SHIELD FOR MOTOR VEHICLES.

A APPLICATION FILED JULY30 I917. ;,27.3,965.

Patented-July 30, 1918.

LAURENCE HARRISON WEHBLE, OF MIJ'BFREESIBOBO, TENNESSEE.

VENTILATING WIND-SHIELD FOR MOTOR-VEHICLES.-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LAURENCE Hamuson WEIIRLE, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Murfreesboro, in the county of Rutherford andState of Tennessee, have invented new and useful Improvements inVentilating Wind Shields for Motor Vehicles, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention is an improvement in ventilating wind shields for motorvehicles, and the invention has for its object to provide means forpermitting the lower section of the shield to be swung inwardly, toprovide for a downward current of air and to provide an opening in thedashboard through which air may circulate.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the front end of a motor vehicleprovided with the improved shield;

Fig. 2 is a rear view of the shield;

Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section.

The present embodiment of the invention is shown in connection with thedashboard 1 of a motor vehicle, and the shield consists of upper andlower sections 2 and 3, respectively. A bracket is connected to the bodyof the vehicle at each end of the dashboard, and each of the bracketsconsists of sections 4 and 5 which are secured to the bod and to thedashboard, respectively, the said sections converging towar their upperends. A pivotal support 6 for the two sections of the wind shieldengages eyes or bearings in the upper ends of the sections of thebrackets, to thus properly mount the sections of the wind shield.

The usual mechanism is provided for holding the sections of the shieldin adjusted po: sition, and since the lower end or edge of the section 3is loose it may be swung rearwardly to permit air to enter, as indicatedby the speclflcation of Letters Patent.

Application filed Iuly so, 1917'. Serial 1T0. 183,457.

, receiving the lower rounded edge of the section 3 to hold the saidsection in the position desired. A transverse opening or openings 9 isprovided in the dashboard, the said opening or openings being covered bywire gauze 10, and the said opening or openings permit the air to passout beneath the hood 11 of the vehicle.

In use, thesection 3 0f the wind shield may be swung inwardly to engageeither of Patented July so, 1918 p the grooves 8, and it will be evidentthat as a the vehicle moves forward the air will be driven inwardly anddownwardly, as indicated by the arrow in Fig. 3, and will pass into thevhood through the o ening 9, thus providing for ventilation wit in thebody at the front thereof and adjacent to the engine, where the greatestheat obtains.

I claim:

In a motor vehicle, brackets secured to the body at the end of thedashboard and provided with bearin for the pivotal supporting of thewind ield sections for per. mitting the lower section to be swuninwardly, a resilient arm secured to the ashboard and extendingrearwardly and upwardly and having transverse grooves for engagement bythe lower ed of the wind shield section to hold the sai sectioninadjusted position, the dashboardhaving openings at the hood, and ascreen over the openings.

LAURENCE HARRISON WEHRLI.

